As a leading pediatric orthopaedic center, TSRHC has treated more than 210,000 children since its inception, with more than 40,000 clinic visits each year. The hospital takes a multidisciplinary approach to care, tailoring treatment to the individual needs of each child and family.

TSRHC is proud of the healing, hope and happiness we have shared with thousands of patients and their families. At TSRHC, every staff member is dedicated to creating a positive hospital experience for our patients – so that they can create their own experiences out in the world.

Within a unique caring environment, patients at TSRHC benefit from a world-renowned medical staff and the promise of a brighter future, through the research and innovation driven by the hospitals five centers of excellence. TSRHC is consistently recognized as one of the premiere pediatric orthopaedic hospitals in the world.

Family Resource Center

For additional resources about a condition or support group, please contact our Family Resource Department at (214) 559-7573 or email frc@tsrh.org.

Surgical Correction of Clubfeet

Not all clubfeet can be corrected by nonsurgical methods. In addition, some clubfeet that are initially corrected with casting or the French Method may recur due to the child's inability to tolerate braces or the parents' inability to comply with the bracing requirements. When this occurs, surgical correction of the feet may be needed.

At times, only partial recurrence of the clubfoot happens. In this instance, limited surgery is needed. In such cases, the heel cord and joint capsule in the back of the ankle may need to be released (limited posterior release), or a tendon that helps to move the foot may need to be repositioned (tibialis anterior tendon transfer).

More extensive surgery on the foot will be needed in approximately 15 percent of patients with clubfeet in order to achieve a satisfactory, lasting position of the foot. This more extensive surgery is known as a posteromedial release. Infants are usually older than 9 months of age before this procedure is performed. Prior to the surgery, it's common that the family and physicians make numerous efforts to achieve correction of the clubfoot through nonsurgical methods, such as the Ponseti casting method or the French functional (physical therapy) method.